An Indigenous Tripura Girl Gang Raped in Khagrachari
A brutal act of sexual violence has been reported from Bhaibonchara area of Khagrachari Sadar, where a 14-year-old Indigenous girl of the Tripura community was allegedly subjected to a gangrape by six individuals belonging to the Bengali settler population. According to the sources and the victim’s family, the incident occurred at approximately 9:30 PM on
No EPZ on Santal cropland, say rights activists
Speakers, including rights activists, on Thursday demanded that no export processing zones be built by grabbing the triple-cropping land of the Santals, a plain land national minority community in the Sahebganj Bagda Farm area of Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha. They made the demand at a press conference held at the National Press Club, organised by
An indigenous Khyang woman was gang-raped and murdered in Bandarban
It is alleged that, on May 5, 2025 Chingma Khyang, an indigenous Khyang woman from Mongkhoy Para village, was gang-raped and murdered by three Bengali road construction laborers in a forest near her home under 8 no. Ward, Tindu Union of Thanchi Upazila, Bandarban Hill District. The victim reportedly went to work in their family’s
Arrest of Indigenous Leader Ringrong Mro and Ongoing Land Grabbing in Bandarban
On the evening of Saturday, February 22, 2025, Ringrong Mro, a prominent leader of the land protection movement in Lama Upazila, Bandarban, was arrested by law enforcement officers in civilian clothes in Langkam Para, Sarai Union in Lama Upazila. Locals alleged that his arrest was based on a false case fabricated by Lama Rubber Industries
Attack on Indigenous Students during a peaceful demonstration and rally in Dhaka
Picture Source: Collected. Background of the incident: On January 15, 2025, a violent attack was occurred out on Indigenous Students by a group of students in front of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) building in Motijheel, Dhaka. The Indigenous students had gathered for a peaceful protest against the removal of an image of
Beating and setting fire of a Santal Indigenous family in Gaibandha
Pic: Collected. It has been alleged that, an Indigenous Santal family members were beaten and their house was torched by the land grabbers over a land dispute at Rajbirat village of Gobindaganj Upazila under Gaibandha District on 3 January 2025. It is learnt that, Md. Rafiqul Islam Master, a local Union Council Chairman with his
Attack on Indigenous Peoples in CHT: 4 killed, several injured
Photo: Collected It is alleged that, Bengali settlers carried out communal attack on the indigenous peoples in Khagrachari and Rangamati District on 19 and 20 September 2024 respectively. In these two different attacks 1 person was killed, 54 injured and 19 were admitted at Rangamati General Hospital[1] in Rangamati District on 20 September 2024 while
